Places Roseparis Wants to Go

Spiral alpine structure provides an alternative experience of viewing the Matterhorn.

On rare days, this abandoned castle's gatekeepers open its doors, revealing the eye-popping splendor hidden inside.

This picturesque medieval monastery guards a small trove of historic treasures.

The land is full of geologic eye candy, such as otherworldly spires, mushroom-shaped hoodoos, and prehistoric fossils.

For six months of the year, three giant mirrors direct a pool of sunshine onto this otherwise occluded town.

This stunning, out-of-the-way Croatian monument commemorates a community's uprising against occupying fascist forces.

Yugoslavia's biggest underground airport lies in ruins.

Croatia's "hairy stone" fortress is one of the most well preserved Istrian castles.

This truly palatial work of Communist-era architecture now sits crumbling on a Croatian beach.

A new sculpture calls attention to climate change in the centuries-old city it threatens.

This centuries-old Italian chapel hangs midway down a sheer cliffside.

On the shores of Lake Garda, the ruins of a Roman villa that allegedly belonged to the poet Catullus.

A unique form of erosion created an uncanny landscape of boulders perched atop slender columns of clay.

The abandoned "Ghost Mansion" was left to decay in the mountains of Northern Italy.

The Sighignola summit on the Swiss border offers views so breathtaking it's been named one of the most beautiful places in Italy.

This beautiful Croatian fortress is haunted by legends of forbidden love.

This Croatian fairytale castle is slowly falling apart thanks to years of neglect.

Legend has it fairies gathered at the site of this medieval castle.

A self-proclaimed libertarian micro-state on a tiny bit of disputed territory between Serbia and Croatia.

One of the best-preserved Roman amphitheaters is still used today, but for less brutal events.

Originally a leper colony, the island is now an Armenian monastery that's home to an incredible manuscript library and eclectic museum.

The oldest of Venice's plague quarantine stations, designed to keep the medieval city safe from disease.

The plague quarantine island home to the alleged "Vampire of Venice."

A small island less than half a mile from Venice is a forbidden island with a dark and twisted past.